Articles from September 2009

About Dubinsky

There has been quite a bit written about the Brandon Dubinsky story over the last few weeks, whether he should take his lumps and sign, whether the Rangers are wrong in squeezing him, etc. etc. I wanted to write something from a slightly different angle, and that is about the long-term effects of the debacle [...]

First Game of Day/Night Doubleheader in the Books

Some of the Rangers prospects who are expected to go back to junior as early as tomorrow, as well as some long shot professionals, competed against Devils prospects this afternoon at the Prudential Center in Newark. All of the Rangers top management was in attendance and watching the play on the ice, which was generally [...]

Pre-season Game 1 Review

The Blueshirts lost tonight’s battle 2-1, in a rather lackluster game in which it took time for both teams to get their legs. Yes, it was the first pre-season game, but after spending two of the three days of training camp running and skating laps, as well as toiling under a coach who thinks skating [...]

Pre Pre-Season Game 1

The active roster for tonight’s pre-season game at MSG was announced late yesterday afternoon. I had to drive up north yesterday before Torts made his decisions, so thanks to Andrew Gross for passing this on: F: Ales Kotalik, Christopher Higgins, Brian Boyle, Chris Drury, Ryan Callahan, Dane Byers, P.A. Parenteau, Artem Anisimov, Evgeny Grachev, Enver [...]

Day Three Scrimmages

This is the “final” day of three-day Rangers training camp, according to the schedule. There will be a practice tomorrow before the game against Boston tomorrow night, but decisions should be made later in the day as to who will play tomorrow. Team 1 (blue) played against team 4 (red) in this morning’s scrimmage, which [...]

The Rangers Two Newest Goalie Prospects

The Rangers took two goalie prospects, Chad Johnson and Scott Stajcer, to Traverse City last week. Both of them have been members of the organization for less than three months, so I wanted to inform our readers of a little bit of info about each. Johnson, who was traded to the Blueshirts on June 27, [...]

Afternoon of Day 2

Yes, its true that Bobby Sanguinetti’s leg gave out and he collapsed at the end of his laps. What’s important here though is that he felt it early on, and just kept going until he finished. He had fallen a few laps before, but he pushed through to the end. Shows character and that’s part [...]

Morning of Day Two in Camp

So, yesterday it was sprints, last night was the three-mile run, and today is for skating laps and laps. Last night was the run, where three miles was to be completed in no more than 20 minutes–at least that was the goal. The best players last night included Sean Avery, Matt Gilroy, Daniel Bartek, and [...]

First Day of Camp

Fourteen of the 22 players that the Rangers took to Traverse City are here in the main camp today. Chris Chappell, Craig Cunningham, Luke Pither, Luke Walker, Mike Berube, Tysen Dowzak, Mitch Gaulton, and Daniel Maggio are not here. If there is any surprise here its the presence of Glass, who deserved the invite after [...]

Final Thoughts Re Rangers in Traverse City

After being told yesterday that I “only” have a concussion (as opposed to what?), I slept, so my final thoughts about the players in the TC tournament have waited until today. And then only after the name of one of my old friends was read in the 9/11 list. As much as I love hockey, [...]